Bolt 1st with 2 golds in 200; leads Jamaican sweep
LONDON (AP) — When the stakes are the biggest, the spotlight most bright, Usain Bolt is as good as gold. Good as there’s ever been.
Putting the field far enough behind that he could slow up over the last few strides and put his left index finger to his mouth to tell any critics to shush, Bolt won the 200 meters in 19.32 seconds Thursday night, making him the only man with two Olympic titles in that event.
“That was for all that people that doubted me, all the people that was talking all kinds of stuff that I wasn’t going to do it, I was going to be beaten,” Bolt said of his “Shhhhhh” gesture at the finish. “I was just telling them: You can stop talking now, because I am a legend.” [more]